Ok, I tried that and it worked fine. managed to shift 183 jpg files (each 3MB in size approx) - around 1.4GB total I think all in one hit.
thanks for the easy fix. Regards Peter. On 14/05/2011, at 10:26 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: > Ok, i will try that Ronda. that sounds like a solution along the lines of > Neil's earlier. Will test and report. > > Regards > > Peter... > > > On 14/05/2011, at 6:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Hi Peter, >> >> >> If Finder is trying to create the preview for the item (when you click on it >> to move it) you can receive the message ’the file is in use' >> >> To solve it, change your Finder view to list, as opposed to anything else, >> then click and drag. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 14/05/2011, at 2:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> Is your external drive formatted as HFS+ (Mac format) or FAT32 (old PC >>> format)? >>> >>> What is the size of the "30 selected jpgs”? >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> On 14/05/2011, at 2:43 PM, Peter Crisp wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi all, I have a continuous problem only mildly annoying but enough to >>>> warrant this note. So i have an 500GB external drive in the USB of the >>>> Macbook and I have two finder windows open, one looking at the folder on >>>> the 500GB external drive, the other looking at the destination folder >>>> within the Maxtor 1TB drive attached to the USB of the Time Capsule. So >>>> when I drag 30 selected jpg files from the 500GB to the 1TB, it usually >>>> only gets through 8 or 10 of the images where upon I get an error message >>>> pop up saying "The operation could not be completed, the file DSCN0123.jpg >>>> is in use". so it successfully places the first 8 images sequentially up >>>> to the one before the one "in use" but the rest don't copy over. >>>> >>>> I dont know what "in use" means in this context. I don't have iPhoto >>>> running when I am moving the files, but this happens repeatedly. so i end >>>> up having to manually drag/drop 5 - 8 files at a time. image size is >>>> around 3MB each so wirelessly through the Time Capsule takes a bit of time >>>> for each drop operation. >>>> >>>> Anyone have any tips on what I might be doing wrong? >>>> >>>> It also used to do this same operation with all images some time ago with >>>> no faults, so it can drop as expected. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Peter… >>>> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
